The ÁùºÏ±¦µä Small Business Development Center recently released its quarterly economic impact numbers, demonstrating the amount of work done to bolster and support ÁùºÏ±¦µä small businesses during the COVID-19 health crisis. Since late March 2020, the ÁùºÏ±¦µä SBDC counseled 1,635 small business owners that needed assistance in navigating the CARES Act disaster assistance funding, learning new skills related to disaster preparedness and resiliency, and pivoting existing business models. Together, these businesses support 8,882 full and part-time jobs within the state of ÁùºÏ±¦µä. These businesses received $14.8 million in capital funding related to disaster assistance through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s , and other disaster assistance programs. The ÁùºÏ±¦µä SBDC also assisted more than 1,200 small business clients through their COVID-19 business crisis call center, established at the end of March.
The ÁùºÏ±¦µä SBDC shifted focus to disaster assistance and recovery after the initial mandated statewide shutdown of non-essential businesses in March. They built a complete with recovery procurement lists, guides to PPP and EIDL funding and industry specific reopening guidelines. The ÁùºÏ±¦µä SBDC also created extensive to assist small business owners in moving operations to virtual platforms, cyber security training, how to best retain customers and sustain revenues and much more. The ÁùºÏ±¦µä SBDC provides no-cost, confidential business advising via 14 locations throughout the state of ÁùºÏ±¦µä.
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